People believe that the two-headed earth cobra is a sacred snake, so they give it milk and refuse to hand it over to the rescue agency.
UPI news agency on December 12 reported that a two-headed ground cobra was discovered in the village of Ekarukhi near the Belda forest in the state of West Bengal in India.
According to reptile and amphibian expert Kaustav Chakraborty at the Ministry of Forestry, people refuse to hand over the snake to the wildlife rescue agency because they think the two-headed snake is sacred . They even gave the snake milk to drink .
“This is purely a matter of biology as humans have two heads or two thumbs (on one hand), just like snakes have two heads. This has nothing to do with mystical beliefs.
The snake was given milk by the people
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According to zoologist Soma Chakraborty, the two-headed snake is a single-eyed cobra (Naja kaouthia), commonly known as the ground cobra. They commonly inhabit fields, swamps, grasslands and forests in South and Southeast Asia.
“Tigers are venomous snakes and there is nothing mystical about them. There are many factors that lead to the formation of two heads, at the time of embryo halving, or it may be due to environmental factors,” said Chakraborty.
